Schedule

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Darden Sands Family Lobby


Tuesday, December 5, 2023

This event is designed to provide attendees information about the newest advances in AI and digital technologies and opportunities to discuss strategies for adopting these technologies in a responsible way. Additional speakers and session details will be added in the coming weeks.

TIME

SESSION

8:00 - 9:00 amRegistration and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcome and Dean Remarks  
Potomac River Room

  • Philip E. Bourne, Stephenson Dean, UVA School of Data Science
  • Raj Venkatesan, Ronald Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration, UVA Darden School of Business
9:15 - 10:00 am

Opening Keynote: Private Sector Perspective  
Potomac River Room

  • Andrew Gamino-Cheong, Co-Founder and CTO, Trustible AI
  • Jamie Jones, VP of Field Services and Technical Partnerships, Git Hub
  • Brad Doss, Senior Director, Customer Engagement, Git Hub (moderator)
10:00 - 11:00 am

Panel 1: AI Ethics in Society, Policy and Practice
Potomac River Room

  • Renée Cummings, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Data Science, UVA School of Data Science
  • Ron Keesing, SVP for Technology, Head of AI/ML Accelerator, Leidos
  • Jepson Taylor, Chief AI Strategist, Dataiku
  • Marc Ruggiano, Inaugural Director, UVA Darden-School of Data Science Collaboratory for Applied Data Science (moderator)
11:00 - 11:15 amBreak
11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Research and Tech Talks (concurrent sessions)

The Psychology of AI 
Arlington Classroom

  • Roshni Raveendhran, Assistant Professor in Business Administration, UVA Darden School of Business

We Are All AI Experts Now: How AI Impacts Society and Vice Versa 
Capital Classroom

  • Mona Sloane, Assistant Professor of Data Science and Media Studies, UVA School of Data Science
12:00 - 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm

Panel 2: AI Implications for Cross-Sector Leaders 
Potomac River Room

  • Matt Gers, Strategy and Operations, Meta
  • Alex Pascal, Senior Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Kinney Zalesne, Senior Advisor, GETTING-Plurality and former General Manager, Corporate/Responsible Growth Strategy, Microsoft
  • Omar Garriott, Executive Director, Batten Institute, UVA Darden School of Business (moderator)

Hosted by UVA Darden’s Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology

2:00 - 2:15 pmBreak
2:15 - 3:15 pm

Faculty-led Small Group Breakouts (concurrent sessions) 
Arlington, Capital, and National Landing Classrooms

  • Renée Cummings, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Data Science, UVA School of Data Science
  • Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Professional Degree Programs, UVA Darden School of Business
  • Raj Venkatesan, Ronald Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration, UVA Darden School of Business
3:15 - 3:30 pmBreak
3:30 - 4:00 pmReport-Out: Key Themes from Group Discussions 
Potomac River Room
4:00 - 4:45 pm

Closing Keynote: AI Hype vs. Reality and Navigating the Tech Regulatory Landscape  
Potomac River Room

  • Adam Ruttenberg, Partner, Cooley
4:45 - 5:00 pm

Final Remarks 
Potomac River Room

  • Jeanne Liedtka, Interim Dean and United Technologies Corporation Professor of Business Administration, UVA Darden School of Business
5:00 - 7:00 pmNetworking Reception